Relationship between overweight and obesity and cardiac dimensions and function in a paediatric population.

Juan Fernández CabezaCristhian H Aristizábal-DuqueIsabel María Blancas SánchezMartín Ruíz OrtizAna Rodríguez AlmodóvarMónica Delgado OrtegaFátima Esteban MartínezManuel Romero SaldañaFrancisco Javier Fonseca Del PozoManuel Pan Álvarez-OssorioMaría Dolores Mesa Rubio

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2022)

• Childhood overweight and obesity lead to changes in cardiac structure and function which, although not considered clinically pathological, are significant and a result of obesity, and which behave as unfavourable incipient alterations at an early age.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
type diabetes
intensive care unit
emergency department
weight loss
weight gain
high fat diet induced
early life
skeletal muscle
young adults
body mass index
childhood cancer